Residence mail box



E. A. HOEHN RESIDENCE MAIL BOX Filed Feb. 1., 1922 if" 1 i EDWARD A. sonnet, tor neuron, oirrro,

Parana QQHIPANYZ, OE DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORA ION OF QHIO.

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Application fi ea February 1, 1922. Serial no. 523,344.

To all to 710m it may concern e Be it known that I, ED'WARD A. H onnn a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Residence Mail Boxes, of which the following'is a specification. l i

'My invention relates to mailreceptacles or safety deposit boxes for insertionwithin the wall of dwellings or other buildings, particularly after the completion of such buildings. f i The invention contemplates the collapsible box or receptacle capable of being inserted within the intermediate air space between the outer weather boarding and the inner plaster wall of a building structure;

The particular featurejhein g its capability of being inserted througha comparatively small opening to subsequently serve as an access opening to the deposit box, and then being expanded or extended within the wall 7 to a comparatively large capacity The object of the invention isto simplify the structure as well as the means and mode of application of wall contained mail receptacles and safety deposit boxes, whereby they will 7 not only be cheapened in construction, but will be more efficient in use, of comparatively large capacity, and capable of being easily and quickly applied to existing building structures without dis{ figurenient of the walls or necessity for providing an opening larger than would be re-' quired for the ordinary access opening.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide improved means for securing such receptacles or deposit boxes within the inner space of the building wall and to further provide in such a structure a reasonable range of variation of size which Wlll accommodate it to inaccuracies of mechanical con struction of the building and \variousthiclc nesses ofthe wall 1 I With the above primary and other -in c1- dental objects in view as will more fully appear in the specification the invention consists ofthe features of construction, the parts and. combinations thereof and the mode of operation ortheir equivalents as hereinafter described and set forthin the claims.

Referr ng to the draw1ngs,'F g. 1 1s a sectional perspective new of the mail receptacle or safety deposit box forming the sub ject matter hereof applied within the intermediate air space of a frame structure wall. Fig. 2 is alike perspective view of the receptacle or box in its collapsed con dition, but inserted withinthe wall through the access opening, pr paratory to he expanded, upwardly to its maximum capacity. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the relatively adjustable receptacle unit re moved from the wall and separated one from the other, when viewed from the deposit side. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the receptacle unit, from the inner or access side. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view illustrating, the manner in which the box is secured to the outer wall.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the several views. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein is shown the preferred but obvious ly not necessarily the only form of embodiment of the invention, 1 represents the outer weather boarding and 2 the inner or lath and plaster wall of a frame building structure of which 3 is the uprigl'it studding. The main receptacle or safety deposit box for1ning the subject matter hereof is adapted to be positioned within the air space between the weather boarding and plaster wall, which space is usually about four inches in depth, the depth being equal to the width of the standard studding' 3. The present structure is capable of being inserted within this air space through a. comparatively small access opening cut in the inner or lath and plaster wall 2. In the present instance, the

ing deposit slot as shown in the drawing,

the structure may be downturned and no deposit slot provided when the structure is to be employed as a safety deposit box. Fur thermore, while the structure has been shown applied to a frame building; all, it

will be understood that it n'iay be applied. to

hollow brick walls or walls of hollow tile cement block constructions, or others having;

therein tlieusual' intermediate air spac In the present instance the receptacle or weather boarding 1.

container comprises two relatively adjust-1 able telescopic units 4 and 5. The lower or primary unit 4 comprises a back section and upstanding side walls, and a bottom, but is devoid of a top and front wall. The telescopic or adjustable section 5 includes front, back and side walls, as well as a top section, but has no bottom. The dimensions of the telescopic section 5 are such that it is capable of being contained within the dimensions of the principal section 1, as is shown in Fig. 2. An access opening ,6 is cut in the inner or lath and plaster wall 2, of sufficient dimensions to permit the insertion of the lower or principal receptacle section' i." A suitable slot 7 is out in the outer wall or weather boarding 1, somewhat above the level of the access opening 6. The telescopic or upper unit 5 is provided in its outer wall with parallel vertical slits 8 intersected by a transverse slit 9 to form two adjacent flaps 10. This unit 5 is inserted within the principal unit 4: with this cut portion or wall adjacent to the backs ofthe primary unit 4..

The latter is then inserted within the access opening 6 formed in the inner wall 2 of the building structure, with its openside in wardly, and its closed back adjacent to the After being inserted in place the margins of the side walls and bottom of the section 4 are bent or flanged outwardly as at 11, to overhang the edges of the access opening 6 and assist in securing the unit in place. The unit is constructedof ample horizontal depth to accommodate it to the deepest air space to which it may be applied. The degree of overhang of the margins of the side walls andbottom Will depend somewhat upon the depth of the air space. This construction affords v a limited range of flexibility or adjustability to accommodate it to varying structural conditions. The primary unit 4: being in place the telescopic unit 5 positioned therein, the operator may then grasp the lower edge of the telescopic unit 5 and slidingly adjust the latter upwardly within the air space of the? building wall to a position extending a considerable distance above the level of the access opening (3 until the flaps 1O formedin the back of the unit 5 are adjusted into reg istry with the deposit slot 7. These flaps 10 are then bent outwardly through the deposit slot and flanged in opposite direction as shown in Fig. 1 to secure the'upper adornamental or pleasing character having.

therein an access door 17 iszapplied to the inner wall 2 over the access opening 6'. l For 7 convenience, this 'door' 17 may comprise a stack having therein an observation flask 18 through which the contents of the receptacle may be observed. It may. beprovided with;

a lock. the deposit slot 7 from the outside ofthe building into the receptacle .from'which it. can be removed by the occupant through the access door 17 without goingoutsidef I While the device.hasbeen shown of comparatively small size for'the reception of the ordinary household mail, it will be under stood thatit may be constructed of larger size for. use as a parcel or package receiver,

Mail {may be deposited through;

and as before mentioned the deposit slot may be omitted, and the structure employed as a safety deposit box, either. up-turned as shown in the drawings, or in an inverted position, wherein the adjustable section will extend downwardly from the access open- 7 ing. Inasmuch-as such construction would lnvolve no structural change whatsoever, and the same mode-of applicat on would be employed, it is not thought necessary to illustrate this variation. l

The construction is suchv that it may be conveniently and 'quickly applied to an or dinary existingdwelling 0r 'other bui'lding structure by a mechanic of ordinary skill,

without marring or damaging thewalls-nor requiring an opening larger. than the ulti-' mate access opening necessary for the removal of the contents.

From the above description itwill be as parent that there'is thus provided a device of the character described possessing the particular features of advantage'before 7..

enumerated as desirable,'but which'obviously 1s susceptible of modification in its form,

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proportions,.detail, constructionfand arrangement of parts without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

' VWhile in order to comply with the statute the invention has been described ,in lan guage more or less specific as tostructural', features, it isto be understood that the invention is'not limited to the specific details shown, but that the means'and constructien 7 herein disclosed comprises the preferred form V of several modes of putting theinvention into effect and-the invention is therefore claimed in any of its forms or modifications Having thus. described my invention, I claim:

1, In a construction of the character described, the combination with a hollow wall having in one side thereof a deposit slot and in the other side thereof an access opening at a lower level, of an expansible receptacle insertable within the interior of the hollow wall through said access opening and capable of being subsequently extended within the wall to a point beyond said deposit slot.

2; As an article of manufacture, an ex- 'pansible deposit box insertable within a hollow. wall structure through a comparatively small access opening when in collapsed con dition and subsequently expanded within the hollow wall beyond the confines of said access opening.

3. In a construction of the character described, a hollow wall, a deposit box within the hollow wall,,a deposit slot through the outside of the hollow wall into said deposit box, an access opening through the inner side of the hollow wallinto said said access opening being of less dimensions than the deposit box, said box consisting of separable sections insertable within the wall through said reduced access opening.

4. As an article of manufacture, a'deposit box insertable within a hollow wall comprising a plurality of separable sections insertable within the hollow wall through an access opening of comparatively small dimensions and subsequently positioned in extended association within the wall toform a deposit receptacle extending beyond the confines of the access opening.

5. As an article of manufacture, a deposit box insertable within a hollow wall, com prising a pluralityof telescopically arranged sections insertable within the wall while collapsed through a comparatively small access opening and subsequently extensible within the wall beyond the confines of said' access opening.

6. As an article of manufacture a safety deposit box forinsertion within a hollow wall comprising separable units slidingly adjustable in relation one withithe other, said sections when slidingly adjusted one toward deposit box,

the other being capable of insertion within a hollow wall through a small access opening, said units being capable of sliding adjustment one from the other within the wall to enlarge said box beyond the margins of the access opening.

7. In a construction of the character described, thecombination with a hollow wall structure having an opening in one side thereof, of a receptacle insertable within the hollow wall, flexible flaps upon said receptacle adapted to be bent outwardly through said opening subsequent to the insertion of the receptacle within the wall to secure the receptacle in fixed relation there with. V

8. In a construction of the character described, the combination with a hollow wall structure having an access opening therein, of a receptacle insertable within the interior of the wall through said access opening, said receptacle having flexible flanges projecting through the access opening when the receptacle is inserted within the wall, said flanges being adapted to be clenched over the margins of the access opening, to retain the receptacle in fixed. relation therewith.

9. As an article of manufacture, a receptacle unit having an open side and top and a second bottomless unit insertable within the first uni-t, said assembled units being insertable through an access opening in a hollow wall into the interior thereof and subsequently extended therein by thrusting the second unit out of the first unit thru the open top thereof.

10. The herein described method of applying a deposit receptacle within a hollow wall consisting in forming in the side of the wall an access opening of less size than the maximum size of the receptacle, collapsing the receptacle inserting tacle within the interior of the wall through said access opening and subsequently expanding the collapsed receptacle, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of January A. D. 1922.

l EDIVARD A. HOEHN.

lVitnesses Gnonon C. HELMIG, A. P. lilnconn.

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